Elvis Presley's favorite pizza was the unique barbecue pizza from Coletta's in Memphis, featuring pulled pork, barbecue sauce, and cheese, a local creation that became a signature dish at the restaurant and a regular order for The King and his entourage, often picked up by Priscilla for Graceland.
According to local legend, Elvis' favourite meal at Coletta's was their barbecue pizza, even though it was said that he wasn't actually fond of barbecue itself!
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Presley's fondness for peanut butter and banana sandwiches is well established; however, bacon is not mentioned in all accounts. A book about Presley and his mother, Gladys Presley, though, says he had "sandwich after sandwich of his favorite—peanut butter, sliced bananas, and crisp bacon".
When the King wasn't sipping Gatorade on stage, he may have been in his home in Memphis, Tennessee. There Krystal hamburgers were one of his favorite fast food indulgences, but he also frequented McDonald's, among other chains.
Elvis said his McDonald's son he loved him some hamburgers. He like peanut butter and hamburger sandwiches. He would fly across the city into another state hundreds of miles away just to get a hamburger.!
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He disliked the lingering odors that came from cooking fish so much that he altogether banned seafood from his Tennessee home, Graceland. Apparently, Elvis' aversion to fish stemmed from his childhood when he would go fishing in his hometown of Tupelo, Mississippi, with his mother Gladys and aunt Lorraine.
No, Elvis' last meal consisted of four scoops of vanilla ice cream and six chocolate chip cookies. Like Elvis, crooner Frank Sinatra also chose a childhood classic for his last meal: a grilled cheese sandwich.
Once, Presley flew himself and members of his entourage across several states just to sink his teeth into (at least) one. On the other end of the sandwich-size scale, Presley was also a big fan of Krystal sliders, tiny burgers topped with mustard, pickles and onions from Southern fast food chain Krystal.
One of his favorite desserts was a rich, buttery pound cake made by a longtime family friend, Janelle McComb. McComb was acquainted with the Presleys from the time Elvis was an infant, and she went on to become executive director of the Elvis Presley Memorial Foundation after the King's passing.
As part of his go-to breakfast, Presley favored homemade biscuits, fried in so much butter that his former cook, Mary Jenkins Langston, reported that he'd have butter literally running down his arms while he ate them.
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His take included two pieces of bread, spread thick with creamy peanut butter, topped with sliced or mashed banana, crowned with thick strips of bacon, and fried in a skillet. It's this sandwich that's since become known as The Elvis, and variations of the King's signature snack appear on menus across the South.
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At first he couldn't help it, as he identified as a singer who had to wiggle his hips and legs as he sang, and it just happened. But then the screaming audience of women clarified for him that they wanted Elvis to do those moves consistently, to the point of passing women out with excitement.
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Have you ever tried Elvis Presley Cake? Legend has it that Elvis Presley's favorite cake was an ultra moist and flavorful pineapple and pecan cake that Elvis' grandmother used to make for him at his request whenever he came to visit.
Elvis' cousin, Danny Smith, who grew up at Graceland, said The King loved burgers and favored the style prepared at a local Memphis, Tennessee chain named Krystal (via The Daily Express). Smith, known on YouTube as The Memphis Mafia Kid, said, "He had ordered, oh, gobs and gobs of them.
He's so known for peanut butter, bananas, and bacon, people sometimes assume one of these sandwiches was his last meal, but it was something even more decadent. Presley last enjoyed four scoops of ice cream with six chocolate chip cookies.
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